Daily Themed Crossword December 14, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 14, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
December 14, 2018 — All 63 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kept out of sight | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "For ___ a jolly ..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | A chapter in history | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Snow glider for the winter games | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | White flag's message | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Ten divided by five | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Answered the alarm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Be behind in bills | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Rubber tree yield | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Animal that follows Mary | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | "On the double": Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Place where money is made | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Big party | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Bother and irritate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Move a boat forward using oars | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Indian continent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | ___ Inoue Japanese businessman known as the inventor of Karaoke machine | Show answer | 7 | |
| #18 | Summation symbol in math | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Summer shades | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Cubes in a drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Tiny piece of currency | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | The third dimension | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Suffered from a cut | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | First thing a cop might show | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Military assistant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Daybreak or Dracula's bedtime | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Japan's active volcano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | "___ You" hit number by Coldplay | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Neeson of "Taken" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | High speed broadband connection for large companies: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Amount of money | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Paul who sang "Diana" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Lee of "Life of Pi" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Spongy toy weapon brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Steffi ___ German tennis player with 22 Grand Slams | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | English scientist who is known for the smallpox vaccine: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #37 | Mode of transportation involving a train | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | "___ fast!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Cub's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | "___ was saying...": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Ladies' finger | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Comes down on the tarmac after flying | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Rapper ___ Wayne | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Dance from Brazil | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Office crew on a payroll | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Spy from within | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Wall painting | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Once ___ a time ..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Enjoy the library | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Add to the payroll | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "Elvis ____ left the building" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Not closed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___-secret | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Sir ___ John Berners-Lee English engineer known as the inventor of the World Wide Web | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Small amount | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | "Entourage" network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "You ain't seen nothin' ____!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Put ammo into a gun | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Celestial sphere | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Grandfather Simpson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Culminates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | "The Princess and the ____" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | One of the punctuations for a URL | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 14, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 14, 2018, a Friday. It contains 63 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is EDWARDJENNER at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 14, 2018 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 14, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 14, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 63 clues with answers from 3 to 12 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for December 14, 2018 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 63 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 14, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.